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law

as a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints on alienation] b : common law compare equity 3 a : the control or authority of the law [maintain and order] b : one or

a : a circumstance that allows for release under the law from an obligation, duty, or contractual liability compare act of god, force majeure, fortuitous event, impossibility of performance b : a circumstance (as a physical threat)

judicial

charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare administrative, executive, legislative 2 : created, ordered, or enforced by a court [a foreclosure] compare conventional, legal ju·di·cial·ly

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interdict

interdict 1 : something that prohibits 2 : one that has been interdicted compare ward [in-tər-dikt] vt 1 in the civil law of Louisiana : to deprive (a person) of the right

incapacity

quality or state of being incapable ;esp : lack of legal qualifications due to age or mental condition compare capacity 2 : the inability of an injured worker to perform the duties required in a job for

fee simple

alienable upon the birth of a direct descendant see also De Donis Conditionalibus in the Important Laws section compare fee tail at fee NOTE: The fee simple conditional is not recognized in England or the United States

false

false 1 : not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a : not true or correct ;esp : intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect [injured by

expense

part of the cost of operating a business in the taxable year in which the expense is incurred compare capital expense and personal expense in this entry NOTE: Business expenses are generally tax deductible in the year

lien

debt or the satisfaction of some other obligation arising out of a transaction or agreement involving that property compare general lien in this entry statutory lien : a lien imposed by statute tax lien : a statutory

executive

of laws, and appointment of officials see also administrative Article II of the Constitution in the back matter compare judicial, legislative 2 a : of or relating to execution b : having administrative or managerial responsibility [an

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